Why did The Sun wait until early voting had ended to endorse a candidate?

It has become obvious that early voting has become a hit in Maryland. Over 430,000 residents — 11.7 percent of eligible voters — chose to exercise their right to participate is this very important component of the American election process ("Voting resumes at record pace," Nov. 1).

Hopefully, more Marylanders will be encouraged to participate as the kinks in the system are worked out, particularly the need for more early voting centers. I also found it somewhat irksome that The Sun waited until early voting was completed to publish its presidential endorsement.

The endorsement of Barack Obama for president was not the only endorsement made public in a delinquent fashion; other endorsements, on ballot questions and for other offices, were also tardy. With such an intense presidential race and so many hotly contested ballot questions, The Sun would have done much better publishing all its endorsements before early voting began.

I suggest that Comptroller Joan Pratt, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have a talk with their appointed members on the Ethics Board and ask them to vote for termination of Avery Aisenstark for his disregard of the requirements of his office that...

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After 30 years in the Senate and a half-century of public service to Maryland and the nation, Barbara Mikulski will retire from elected politics next year. She will leave a legacy as one of the state's most admired politicians and among the most influential women ever to serve in Congress.

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With the Republicans now in control of both houses of Congress, President Barack Obama has finally invoked his weapon of last resort against being run over by them, by vetoing the Keystone XL pipeline bill.